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Then you're on a very thin line between a donation and a bribe.
by CaptainZapp 6y ago
Then you're on a very thin line between a donation and a bribe.
- SeanLuke 6y agoIt's a large portion of major donations. If Bob Johnson donates $20M to a hospital to create the Johnson Cancer Wing, he is in benefiting himself: he is buying his name on a building. If Bob donates $20M to a local symphony orchestra that he attends, he is benefiting himself by buying better music for him to listen to. If Bob donates $20M to a candidate for office whose policies would ultimately benefit Bob, well... I wouldn't call these bribes. But they're less like donations and more like purchases.
- CaptainZapp 6y agoFair enough. Thanks for the clarification. Even though I disagree with the candidate for office. It may be legal and technically not a bribe, but it does have a really bad stench and is arguably one of the reasons why US politics are so fucked up.